Chery Tiggo 4 Pro 2025 Review

There are two versions of the 2025 Chery Tiggo 4 Pro to choose from, starting at $23,990 drive-away for the entry-level Urban.

That price gets you LED headlights, 17-inch wheels, a cloth interior with manually adjustable seats, a four-speaker Sony sound system and a wide-screen digital display that combines two 10.25-inch screens.

Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are also included as standard.

Spending $3000 more for the range-topping Tiggo 4 Pro Ultimate ($26,990 drive-away) adds a power sunroof, synthetic leather seat upholstery, bigger 18-inch alloys, power folding mirrors, heated front seats and a six-speaker Sony sound system.

Both Tiggo 4 Pro variants are powered by the same 1.5-litre turbo-petrol engine which drives the front-wheels only through an automatic continuously variable transmission, or CVT. Outputs are healthy at 108kW/210Nm, which is far more than you get from the similarly priced (and top-selling small SUV in Australia), MG ZS. That vehicle manages just 84kW/150Nm from a non-turbo engine.

Safety credentials are strong on paper, too, with seven airbags included as standard as well as a host of active safety systems like autonomous emergency braking (AEB), adaptive cruise control, blind-spot detection, lane-departure warning and prevention.

Rear-cross traffic alert is always welcome, making shopping centre carpark extractions far less stressful, and a driver monitoring system is also included, for better or worse. Notably, however, the Chery Tiggo 4 Pro is yet to receive an official crash rating from ANCAP or Euro NCAP.

The biggest drawcard to the 2024 Chery Tiggo 4 Pro is its value proposition, with Chery executives claiming it is “hands down the best value SUV in Australia”. It’s hard to argue with the statement, too, given the Tiggo 4 Pro undercuts all its major rivals on price except for the $21,990 MG ZS Excite, which isn’t as well equipped or as powerful

An all-new 2025 MG ZS will be launched in late 2024 but is unlikely to retain a $22K drive-away price.

Chery offers a long seven-year warranty and the peace of mind that comes with seven free years of roadside assistance and seven years of capped price servicing.

Even better is you’ll be scoring a lot of metal for your money.

Despite measuring a compact 4351mm long and rolling on a 2610mm wheelbase, the Tiggo 4 Pro has a surprisingly roomy cabin with comfortable front seats and enough room in the back for two six-foot-tall adults – think 183cm.

Back seat passengers also score dedicated air vents, which isn’t a guarantee in this segment, and the boot is decent at 380 litres, enough room for a very large grocery shop.

It doesn’t feel like a cut-price model either. The cabin looks and feels pleasingly high-tech and modern and, while you can find some budget plastics, most of the touchpoints are trimmed in soft-touch materials.

A typical money-saving measure in affordable cars is a cheap-feeling plastic steering wheel but both versions of the Tiggo 4 Pro have a wheel trimmed in artificial leather.

Just like Chery’s other models, the Tiggo 4 Pro lacks finesse to its driving dynamics. While acknowledging the car we drove was a pre-production model, the steering that was overly light and felt vague and artificial during our brief stint behind the wheel, which doesn’t inspire confidence.

Like most budget-priced small vehicles these days, the Tiggo 4 Pro uses a Macpherson strut front/torsion beam rear suspension set-up and we found the chassis to be quite soft and lacking in control, although we’ll need to wait for a longer drive before we can deliver a proper assessment.

The 1.5-litre turbo-petrol engine offers a good amount of power although we found it to be frustratingly laggy and unresponsive low in the rev range and a touch dim-witted in how it works with the automatic gearbox. Especially when accelerating out of corners.

Again, we’ll need a longer drive to deliver a definitive verdict and it’s certainly worth noting these are initial impressions.

There’s only so much you can learn when you have less than 10 minutes in the car but what isn’t up for debate is how convincing the Tiggo 4 Pro is on paper.

It offers excellent value, looks relatively handsome and comes with a long warranty and an impressive list of standard equipment.

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